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Navy Issues Classified Draft Request for Stealth RPA

4/23/2014

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Navy issued a classified draft request for proposal for a carrier-borne stealth
remotely piloted aircraft last week. The service solicited Boeing, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Lockheed
Martin, and Northrop Grumman to bid on building its Unmanned Carrier Launched
Airborne Surveillance and Strike platform, reportedFlight Global.
Northrop Grumman built the Navy's X-47B demonstrator, which successfully launched
from a carrier for the first time in trials last year, and all four
companies are currently under contract to draft preliminary designs.The Navy requested $403 million for UCLASS
development in Fiscal 2015 and plans to spend roughly $2.67 billion to field
the aircraft over the next five years, according to Flight Global.